BIOMARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS
Blood samples from patients suspected of COVID-19 were found to have low
albumin, elevated lactate dehydrogenase, elevated reactive proteins, and
lymphopenia. Increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, elevated alanine
aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and creatinine kinase
levels have also been assessed, there is also leucocytosis, increased
creatinine and bilirubin levels and leukopenia (Cheng et al., 2020).
Protein profiles and serum clinico-pathological features had also helped
in the diagnosis and epidemiological surveys of SARS-CoV (Ren et al.,
2004).